Assignment

Planning & Project Selection

Your first task/assignment is to select a project topic that suits your degree. Try to select a project that will represent all the skills you’ve learned in your program. You'll want to combine everything learned in your courses to come up with a project that will demonstrate your mastery of the program. You have several options you can pursue. However, your topic should be related to the industry you are getting your degree in. There are several brainstorming techniques in the presentation and recorded session to help you chose and narrow a topic. Below are some general ideas and areas to help with your topic selection. This is, by no means, an exclusive or extensive list. There aren't really any limits on your topic as long it is Information Technology based and has some relationship to your program and the industry.

· Network project if you’re in Networking

· Systems Security project if you are in ISS

· Programming project if you are in a Programming emphasis (mobile or your preferred language)

You will write your work using the template provided and submit for week 1. In your paper, you'll want to discuss the, "What, Why, When, How and Who", the project is being built for. Remember, there are two distinct parts to the Capstone - 1) the written papers documenting your project through the phases of the System Development Life Cycle, and 2) the actual designing and building of your project. You will begin submitting the actual design work beginning in week 2 with Phase 3.

The Capstone project follows the phases of the SDLC process. During the planning phase, the designer must understand and define the problem an organization faces, taking care not to define symptoms rather than the underlying problem. The problem can be identified internally or externally, such as from customers or suppliers.

Please ensure that you submit the Abstract, and Phases 1 and 2 for this week's assignment.